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GMR row: Maldives minister calls Khurshid to pacify India
Tuesday December 04, 2012 05:13:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In an
outreach diplomacy aimed at pacifying India, Maldives' Foreign
Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah Tuesday rang up External Affairs
Minister Salman Khurshid and explained his government's view on
the cancellation of the airport contract given to Indian firm GMR.
The Maldives minister explained legal and other reasons behind the
cancellation of the project, said official sources.
The sources added that Abdullah sought India's understanding and
hoped it will not hurt bilateral ties, said the sources.
Abdullah conveyed to Khurshid that a detailed communication on the
GMR issue will be sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
On his part, Khurshid conveyed India's displeasure at the decision
on GMR project and underlined that the scrapping of the biggest
single Indian FDI in the Maldives will negatively impact bilateral
trade ties and the larger relationship.
In a move to put pressure on Male, India has put on hold aid to
the Maldives after the Maldives government Monday decided to take
control of the international airport despite a Singapore court
staying the suspension of the contract given to India's GMR-led
consortium.
The High Court of Singapore suspended the Maldives government's
decision last week to terminate the $500 million contract awarded
to the consortium for developing the Ibrahim Nasir International
Airport at Male.
The Maldives government, however, has chosen to defy the court
order.
"We will continue the airport takeover and Inshallah next Saturday
onwards MACL (state-controlled Maldives Airport Company Ltd.) will
be running the airport," Defence Minister and acting Transport
Minister Mohamed Nazim told reporters in Male Monday.
Upset at the Maldives government's attitude, India has put on hold
$25-million budgetary commitment to Male, said reliable sources
Monday.
The bilateral ties will be affected, said the sources.
The Indian government is also studying the court order and its
implications, said the sources.
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